ψήφ-ισμα, ατος, τό,
Doric dialect ψάφιγμα [ψᾱ] [[ “Inscription Cretan dialect” 1. see 20 A 17 (Arcades, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; written [ψ] άπιγμα [[ “Supp.epigram” 4.171.53 (Tymnus, 5th-4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— proposal passed by a majority of votes: especially measure passed by a popular assembly, decree, act, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 601 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 536, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive suasoris, the decree proposed by him, τὸ Καννωνοῦ ψ. [[ [prev. author] “Ec.” 1090, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.27: but τὸ Μεγαρέων ψ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] the decree concerning them, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140 (more frequently τὸ περὶ Μ. ψ. [prev. work] 139, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.32); also τὸ ψ. τὸ διὰ τὰς λαικαστρίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 536 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγένετο ψ. μὴ ἐξεῖναι.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψ. γράφειν bring in a decree, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1429 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψ. ἐπιψηφίζειν put it to the vote, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.84 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ψ. νικᾶν carry it, [[ [prev. author] 3.68 ] Refs]; ψ. καθαιρεῖν rescind it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξαλεῖψαι, ἀφελέσθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.76, 2.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: properly concerned with special circumstances (οὐδὲν ἐνδέχεται ψ. εἶναι καθόλου [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a37)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to νόμος (general law, statute), νόμους καὶ ψηφίσματα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d; ὅταν τὰ ψ. κύρια ᾖ ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁ νόμος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a6; περὶ ἐνίων ἀδύνατον θέσθαι νόμον, ὥστε ψηφίσματος δεῖ [prev. author] “EN” 1137b29; ψηφισμάτων οὐδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν διαφέρουσιν οἱ νόμοι, ἀλλὰ νεώτεροι οἱ νόμοι, καθ᾽ οὓς τὰ ψ. δεῖ γράφεσθαι, τῶν ψ. αὐτῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.92. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]